After a successful career on the Australian stage, Rachel Griffiths burst onto the international scene in 1994 with P.J. Hogan’s beloved feature film Muriel’s Wedding. Her film credits since then include My Best Friend’s Wedding, The Rookie, The Hard Word, Blow, Step Up, Burning Man, Ned Kelly, Patrick, Saving Mr. Banks, Beautiful Kate, and Hilary and Jackie – a performance which earned her an Academy Award Nomination. Additionally, Rachel starred in Mammal, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2016. More recently Rachel won Best Supporting Actress at the AACTA Awards for her role in Mel Gibson’s Hacksaw Ridge. In television, Rachel earned a Golden Globe for her portrayal of Brenda in the critically acclaimed HBO series Six Feet Under. The series earnt her a further two more Golden Globe nominations, two SAG awards and multiple season Emmy nominations. Her follow up series for ABC’s Brothers & Sisters earnt her further Golden Globe, Emmy and SAG nominations.
Other television credits include the NBC series Camp, Underground: the Julian Assange biopic, Paper Giants, Magazine Wars, Deadline Gallipoli, Dead Lucky (SBS), and Dustin Lance Black’s epic gay civil rights series When We Rise for ABC. Recently Rachel starred in the Amazon/ABC signature series, The Wilds. In the last few years Rachel has moved into content creation, directing and producing the highest-grossing Australian feature film of 2019, Ride Like A Girl. She also co-created and starred in the political drama, Total Control for ABC Australia, winning both Best Television series 2019 and Best Supporting Actress at the AACTA Awards in 2019 and 2021 respectively. In that same year, Rachel also moved into documentary with the acclaimed ABC Art series Finding The Archibald, and is currently in development on her next ABC Arts commission. She sits on the board of the world’s leading museum of the moving image, ACMI Melbourne; and is Patron of Bus Stop Films, an important generator for inclusive filmmaking, seeking to foster the participation of people with disabilities in our national storytelling.